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...Hatoyama has thrown those policies in reverse. Critical of what he has called U.S.-led "market fundamentalism," Hatoyama has rejected Koizumi's now unpopular market reforms and is steering the economy toward something akin to a European-style welfare state with a wider government-funded social safety net. Though Hatoyama has continued to stress the crucial nature of the U.S.-Japan alliance and his friendly relationship with President Barack Obama - "We have come to call each other Barack and Yukio," he said during Obama's November visit to Tokyo - he has also backed away from policies that Washington views...
Perhaps this is merely the march of progress and my lamentation will go down as a typically shortsighted protest against change, akin to doomsday predictions about the Internet, Twitter, or texting. But just wait ’til the day when you open up your Facebook to see that you are a fan of Jim’s T-shirt Company and a member of the group Nominate Me for City Council Member of (insert small town here), and you might just realize that the “face” presented by that page isn’t yours...
Once the foundation is laid, the teams undergo a process akin to a visual artist picking and priming his tools as they prepare for competition. CDT first chooses a choreographer based on an intense selection process. “It involves watching more YouTube than you can imagine,” Prince says. The captains then suggest music and a theme to the choreographer, who comes back to the team with a set two-minute routine. Even so, the members sometimes tweak the piece to fit their vision and showcase their dancers’ strengths. A winning routine is often...
...commanding officer of a Navy warship is somewhat akin to a god and must act as such. I served seven years in the Navy, four at sea, and never heard a commanding officer swear at others or berate officers in front of lower-ranking individuals. That is not how a CO is supposed to act. Thomas Malone, MINNETONKA, MINN...
...commanding officer of a Navy warship is somewhat akin to a god and must act as such. I served seven years in the Navy, four at sea, and never heard a commanding officer swear at others or berate officers in front of lower-ranking individuals. That is not how a CO is supposed to act. Thomas Malone Minnetonka, Minn...